February 23, 2007

THE CLEVELAND OHIO ARCADEA BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND. CLEVELAND DESERVES A BETTER FATE ECONOMICALLY. BUT THEY HAVE LOST SO MUCH INDUSTRY AND YADA YADA, WE ALL KNOW THE STORIES ABOUT OTHER LARGE CITIES.

The Arcade is a cross between a lighted court and a commercial shopping street. The building is a complex of three structures: two nine-story office buildings facing out to Euclid and Superior Avenues, connected via the five-story iron-and-glass enclosed arcade.[1] The Richardsonian arched entrance along Superior Avenue is original, but the Euclid Avenue front was remodeled in 1939[1] by the firm of Walker and Weeks. The level of the Superior Avenue entrance is about 12 feet lower than the Euclid entrance, so that there are two bottom arcade floors, joined by staircases at each end. Since Euclid and Superior avenues are not parallel, a passage leads, at a 23-degree angle, off the Euclid entrance to a rotunda at the southern end of the Arcade.[1] The arcade itself is a 300-foot-long covered light court, ringed by four levels of balconies, which step back above the Euclid Avenue level. The vertical lines of the columns, rising nearly 100 feet (33 m) to the glass roof, create a spacious domed interior.[1]

In 2001, the Hyatt corporation redeveloped the Arcade into Cleveland's first Hyatt Regency hotel. The Hyatt Regency occupies the two towers and the top three floors of the atrium area. The two lower floors of the atrium area remain open to the public with retail merchants and a food court. In addition, the Hyatt's lobby and offices are located near the Superior Avenue entrance.

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Food, Wonderful Food

Two consecutive meals I got a fortune cookie with no writing on it. I thought the chinese knew something I didn't know. But I'm still here.

The Luxembourg Gardens

Henri Rousseau

Wait a second Anthony

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.Anthony Trollope

A summers evening, a comfortable chair on a screened in backporch, sipping cold iced tea while so fully immersed in a good book that you are oblivious to birds call or the butterflies dance just beyond the good wifes kitchen garden which is bursting with smells and promise of palate pleasing moments to come. Ease up Anthony, to quote another, there is a time for everything under the sun, and leisure is high on the list, earned or not.

Let us rise up and be thankful from the favorite say grace bowl

Let us rise up and be thankful,

for if we didn't learn a lot today,

at least we learned a little,

and if we didn't learn a little,

at least we didn't get sick,

and if we got sick,

at least we didn't die,

so let us all be thankful.

The Buddha

Myrna Loy

Starred in two of my favorite movies: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, and The Best Years Of Our Lives

Makes me feel good all over.

Great story about Hannahan and the rest of the Tribe- “Hannahan no doubt lives a wonderful life as a major leaguer, but he’s a working man’s ballplayer. As a third-round pick 10 years before, it’s not like Hannahan and family can live off a big signing bonus. So, with only two-plus years of service time vested in the major leagues and no guarantee that he would be making big league money for much longer, Hannahan couldn’t bring himself to charter a jet. He’d just take that first morning flight out of Logan.

But then Masterson came over and asked what was happening. He had a thought, and wasn’t taking no for an answer. Walters recounted the conversation: “Book it,” Masterson told Hannahan. “I can’t. It costs too much,” Hannahan replied. “Book it!” Masterson said. Then Masterson passed a hat around the clubhouse. Teammates immediately contributed $35,000. Hannahan took the private plane, arrived in Cleveland about 3 a.m. and reconnected with his wife just 15 minutes before John Joseph Hannahan V was born.” [Big League Stew]

It's pronounced "Lajaway"

The Book Bench

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The twentieth century is long gone, by a decade already. I resided in it from the thirties and I enjoyed it. This collection is a wonderful way to peruse it painlessly.
Twentieth century decade by decade